Ohio Wiki Project Phases - Explanation

Task Difficulty Tasks are rated for difficulty. Within each phase task table look for 1, 2, or 3, with 1 being the least difficult and 3 being the most difficult.

Repositories Tasks

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The first set of tasks includes adding content to each Ohio county page. Content will be added by completing written tasks which will apply to each county. These tasks will have written instructions giving guidance on how to enter information, format the information, and how to cite the information, when applicable. Some of these tasks entail specifically:

County headings - additional county headings will be added to each county page to make them uniform and cover more research topics users may have questions on

Infoboxes - adding dates concerning major resources for each county and giving information regarding important Ohio statewide indexes

County repositories (libraries, archives, museums) - contact information for repositories that hold original and compiled records for individuals that lived in that county including links to the repositories' websites with additional information

Locate Family History Centers

Vital Records Tasks

The second group of tasks focuses on the following record type:

Vital Records

Each record type above will include what records are available, time period the record covers and how they can be accessed including links to databases, images and references to books and microfilm and information to repositories.

Probate and Land Records Tasks

The third group of tasks focuses on the following records types:

Probate Records

Land Records

Each record type above will include what records are available, time period the record covers and how they can be accessed including links to databases, images and references to books and microfilm and information to repositories.

Newspapers and Church Records Tasks

The fourth group of tasks focuses on the following records types:

Newspapers

Church records

Each record type above will include what records are available, time period the record covers and how they can be accessed including links to databases, images and references to books and microfilm and information to repositories.

County Histories Tasks

County histories - list of county histories available with links to online books and references to libraries

Tax and Cemetery Records Tasks

Tax records

Cemeteries - links to major cemetery websites that contain cemetery transcriptions for the county

Each record type above will include what records are available, time period the record covers and how they can be accessed including links to databases, images and references to books and microfilm and information to repositories.

The following are tasks to be accomplished for the Ohio Wiki Project. Each task has step-by-step instructions to accomplish it. SOME TASKS ARE NOT YET COMPLETED. WHEN TASKS ARE LINKED (typed in blue) THEY ARE READY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO WORK ON THEM.

Task Difficulty Tasks are rated for difficulty. Within each phase task table look for 1, 2, or 3, with 1 being the least difficult and 3 being the most difficult.

Repositories Tasks

Ohio county/topic interest list

TopicsNot all counties have records included in these tasks. Please add the tasks only to the counties listed. Tasks and the list of counties appear when you click on the blue link.

Example of Ohio County Page

Schedule

Guidelines and Style

Participants

Registration

If you are interested in participating in the Ohio Wiki Project, click here to register as an Ohio FamilySearch Wiki Project Volunteer. As soon as you are registered, you may begin to add information to any of the tasks typed in blue in the tables above.

Community Meetings

To be determined

Online meetings with focus on Wiki pages for Ohio.

Share ideas, suggest improvements

Get news and progress reports.

Attend from home, at a library, or wherever you have an internet connection and a telephone.